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If you get a letter in the right place, every guess after has to have that letter there. If you get a letter that's in the word, but in the wrong place, you still always have to use that letter. If you've guessed a letter that's wrong, you cannot use it again.

In a lot of instances, it just limits the guesses you can make, which makes it harder, but manageable. What happened today is an instance where it turns from "hard but manageable" into "luck".

The word ended up being SHAVE. As an example, today I started with STARE, which left me with S_A_E.

I knew that there was a fork in the road. SPA_E and SHA_E. So I guessed SHAPE, which left me with SHA_E.

That left me with these as options:
SHADE, SHAKE, SHAME, SHAVE, SHALE.

I had 4 guesses left with 5 options. In hard mode I'd be fucked. Becauase I don't do hard mode, I can guess something that isn't a possible word, but can eliminate D, K, M, V, or L. Dump a few letters from that group into a throwaway guess, and I can guarantee a win.

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If you get a letter in the right place, every guess after has to have that letter there. If you get a letter that's in the word, but in the wrong place, you still always have to use that letter. If you've guessed a letter that's wrong, you cannot use it again.

In a lot of instances, it just limits the guesses you can make, which makes it harder, but manageable. What happened today is an instance where it turns from "hard but manageable" into "luck".

The word ended up being SHAVE. As an example, today I started with STARE, which left me with S_A_E.

I knew that there was a fork in the road. SPA_E and SHA_E. So I guessed SHAPE, which left me with SHA_E.

That left me with these as options:
SHADE, SHAKE, SHAME, SHAVE, SHALE.

I had 4 guesses left with 5 options. In hard mode I'd be fucked. Becauase I don't do hard mode, I can guess something that isn't a possible word, but can eliminate D, K, M, V, or L. Dump a few letters from that group into a throwaway guess, and I can guarantee a win.